Spam Blocker Modification for SMF

[Chen Zhen]

Spam Blocker

Developed for SMF forums c/o Chen Zhen @ Web-Develop.ca
Copyright 2013
Beta testers: Skhilled & TinMan

Purpose and/or usage of this software package:

The purpose of this anti-spam modification software package is to detect unsolicited web traffic (a.k.a. Spam) and restrict and/or limit its access from registering as users and/or participating on your Simple Machines Forum website.

This software package is distributed under the terms of its Freeware License whereas all of its condtional terms are noted within its license link from your SMF Administraion Panel and/or the link provided in this paragraph. If you do not agree to the terms shown in the license, do not download and/or use this software package. 

If you commend this software package and/or any other contributions that underdog@webdevelop.comli.com develops for the SMF community, please feel free to make a donation to paypal using the image/link provided below.
Thank you for opting to use this software package.





Spam Blocker Features:

• User IP's and/or Email's are checked externally on anti-spam source sites
• IP's/Emails that are flagged/reported as spam can be blocked from registering on your forum
• Flagged IP's/Emails can be banned upon registration
• Flagged IP's/Emails can be redirected to a specific URL during the registration process (ie. Honeypot script)
• Topics/Replies can be filtered through the Akismet database
• Topics/Replies can be reported to the Stop Forum Spam database
• Topics/Replies can be subject to rule based filtering
• Specific membergroup(s) and preset number of initial posts can be opted for post filtering
• Options for specific ban restrictions
• Custom user & error messages
• Whitelist that allows specific IP's/Ranges to bypass the IP/Email check
• Blacklist of IP's/Ranges added to the ban list by Spam Blocker
• 1 hour cache of data to limit resource usage
• License and guide for usage are provided on the Administration page

Current anti-spam resources:

Registration

• Akismet Email Analysis
• Stop Forum Spam Email Analysis
• Stop Forum Spam IP Analysis
• Project Honeypot IP Analysis
• Spamhaus IP Analysis (sbl-xbl block list)

Posts/Topics

• Akismet Filtering
• Akismet Reporting
• Stop Forum Spam Reporting
• Custom Rule Based Filtering Options

Annotations:

• Do not edit the note text from entries added to your ban list from Spam Blocker. They are used as a reference for when this modification omits blacklist/ban list entities. That textarea input will be disabled for ban enitities added by Spam Blocker.
• If an IP is somehow on the spam reporting source sites in error, it can be added to this modifications white list. It will not filter those whitelisted IP's during the registration process.

Changelog:

[Version 1.0]
+ Initial release
+ User IP's and/or Email Addresses can be checked & denied upon registration
+ Option to ban reported IP's and/or Email Addresses 
+ Option to redirect flagged entities to a specific URL during the registration process
+ Specific ban restrictions
+ Topics/Replies can be filtered through the Akismet database
+ Topics/replies can be reported to the Stop Forum Spam database
+ Topics/Replies can be subject to rule based filtering
+ Editable message to be displayed to denied IP/Email (attempting registry)
+ Editable error log message
+ Whitelist to bypass IP check
+ Blacklist to display IP's added by Spam Blocker
+ Blacklist Optimization (Ban list comparison)
+ Option to delete expired Blacklist IP's
+ Option to allow Spamblocker to auto delete expired ban's
+ 1 hour cache (ip, time, pass/fail) to limit resource usage
+ License and guide provided on Admin page


Recommended minimal requirements:
Server:   PHP 5.2+ with libxml, cURL, socket connections & DOM enabled
              MYSQL 5.0+ using MyISAM or InnoDB engine
Browser Add-Ons (for admin): Adobe Flashplayer 11.5+, JRE 7.10+, HTML5 capability
SMF Version: 2.0.4+



Disclaimers:

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

Please read all other license agreements contained within this package.


Notes:
 The simplest way to set up this modification is to acquire all the necessary API keys, enter them in the mods configuration and then execute Default Configuration from its configuration template.  After which you can tweak a few settings to your desired specifics.

  For post filtering it is suggested to go into your permission settings and Enable Post Filtering for your lowest post ranked (first) membergroup.


Reminder: Back up your database prior to installing any modification!


Files located here:[DOWNLOAD]

[Chen Zhen]

English file for translations is attached. If anyone wishes to translate and upload it that would be great.
This is a free host and sometimes it shows issues for uploading in which case just use Tiny Upload as it is safe and easy for basic file sharing.
ref.
http://s000.tinyupload.com/

[ryan_dwight]

nice site 

I got an error with this

Code Select Expand


Apply Filter: Only show the error messages of this URL
http://www.pinoycyberkada.com/index.php?action=admin;area=spamBlocker;sa=spamBlockerLookup;bc0f779e=ee3baf878358a9687c834660e3a6c3ed
Apply Filter: Only show the errors with the same message
Spam Blocker - SFS connection failure [IP/Email]
may be this is the reason why my site doesn't send mail notification even activation mails to new members.
I didn't touch anything on this mod, only I added IPs on whitelist.

[Chen Zhen]

You can disable any email checks within the mod settings to see if it fixes the issue.
On the SB admin page does it state that your SFS login & p/w is valid?

The mod should allow your forum to function properly even if it does not get a connection with SFS.
It just puts the notification in your log because you have it set to do so (which can be disabled).

[ryan_dwight]

You can disable any email checks within the mod settings to see if it fixes the issue.
On the SB admin page does it state that your SFS login & p/w is valid?

The mod should allow your forum to function properly even if it does not get a connection with SFS.
It just puts the notification in your log because you have it set to do so (which can be disabled).

Stop Forum Spam API Key  - No connection

[Chen Zhen]

Either their site is having issues or your API key is invalid.
Keep in mind that you are supposed to only use 1 key per site that is registered with them else they will disable said key.

[Ralf67]

GREAT Big THX for your Work

[Vincent Titus]

this work with the latest version i take it ??

[Chen Zhen]

This is compatible with SMF 2.0.17.